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… Methodological Notes This study tracked over 7,000 children and their families using administrative data collected from … of services: child welfare, mental health, emergency room and hospital records, income maintenance, juvenile corrections and court record, and special education eligibility records. … Les enfants pauvres sont significativement surreprésentés en ce qui a trait au nombre de cas de protection de l’enfance. L’Étude canadienne sur l’incidence des cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants (Trocmé, Fallon, et. al, 2005)1 a par exemple découvert que près d’un quart (24 %) des enfants maltraités vivent dans des familles qui dépendent de l’aide sociale, et que 19 % vivent…
… 2014 Authors King, Colin B. Scott, Katreena L. Child Abuse and Neglect, 38(1): 1-10 3080 Education professionals are in … due to their frequency of contact with children and parents. The often longitudinal nature of this contact … rate of non-substantiation. In analyzing a total of 7725 investigations, the authors found that educators account for … Education professionals are in a unique position to report suspected child maltreatment due to their frequency of contact with children and parents. The often longitudinal nature of this contact means that educators can potentially observe and report chronic instances of maltreatment as well as critical incidents. Despite this position, past research indicates that educator referrals to child…
… un effet immédiat sur leur comportement. Les auteurs recommandent vivement aux professionnels de la protection de … be other unmeasured differences between the foster care and group care youth that may explain the higher rates of … in group care. Additional information about the youths and the reasons for selection of a group or foster home … Bien que des preuves de plus en plus nombreuses indiquent que le risque de délinquance augmente avec le placement, les chercheurs n'ont pas encore vérifié si ce risque était différent selon les types de placement. Cette étude a examiné des dossiers administratifs du ministère des Services à l'enfance et à la famille et du ministère de la Probation du comté de Los Angeles afin de déterminer l'…
… des adolescents aux États-Unis [US National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW)] qui s’est déroulée sur … strong points are worth noting: 1) Casework services and outcomes were measured for individual children, while … were used for organizational climate (worker averages) and youth outcomes (caregiver ratings); and 3) There was no … La présente étude comprend une analyse des liens entre le climat organisationnel en protection de l’enfance, les services sociaux individualisés offerts et les résultats des enfants maltraités. Les données proviennent des cinq phases de l’Enquête nationale sur le bien-être des enfants et des adolescents aux États-Unis [US National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW)] qui s’est…
… les auteurs ont utilisé des données de l’Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) de l’Illinois [système de … assumptions due to a limited number of covariates; and (3) PSM relies upon observed data and does not control … L'objectif principal du système de protection d'enfance est de procurer aux enfants une permanence et une stabilité en les plaçant à l'extérieur de leur domicile ou en les réunifiant avec leurs principaux donneurs de soins ou avec les membres de leur famille. La documentation existante montre que les enfants sont plus susceptibles d'être réunis avec leurs donneurs de soins s'ils sont placés chez…
… Enrollment for the study was open for a two-year period, and recruitment took place in six locations across the US. … design by ensuring that all parenting aides attended a mandatory training, and did not “leak” the intervention to the control group. … Bien que les interventions visant à prévenir la violence et la négligence envers les enfants soient une priorité importante de santé publique et de bien-être social, les informations concernant l’efficacité de ces interventions sont contradictoires. Les modèles d’aide aux parents sont tirés des théories sur l’écologie et le stress. Ils visent à fournir des conseils et à aider les parents de…
… Enrolment for the study was open for a two-year period, and recruitment took place in six locations across the US. … design by ensuring that all parenting aides attended a mandatory training, and did not “leak” the intervention to the control group. … Bien que les interventions visant à prévenir la violence et la négligence envers les enfants soient une priorité importante de santé publique et de bien-être social, les informations concernant l’efficacité de ces interventions sont contradictoires. Les modèles d’aide aux parents sont tirés des théories sur l’écologie et le stress. Ils visent à fournir des conseils et à aider les parents de…
… sexual orientation not a factor Year of Publication 2009 Reviewed By Catherine Baquero Citation Erich, S., Kanenburg, … Adolescent Attachment in Adoptive Families with Homosexual and Straight Parents. Child and Youth Services Review, 31 (3), 398-404. Summary In the USA, the states have … In the USA, the states have the legal authority to create a parent-child relationship through adoption. Some States have attempted to ban gay and lesbian individuals from adopting and restricting eligibility of foster parents. This study examined the factors related to the level of attachment of adoptive children to their parents and peers. Specifically, data was collected from a volunteer sample…
… from a US pediatric hospital Year of Publication 2007 Reviewed By Jules Lajoie & Nico Trocmé Citation Leventhal, … Children’s Hospital (Connecticut) from 1979 to 2002. After reviewing the abstracted and radiographic medical records, two clinicians (including … This study examined trends in abusive fractures in children less than 36 months of age evaluated at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (Connecticut) from 1979 to 2002. After reviewing the abstracted and radiographic medical records, two clinicians (including one expert on child abuse) and two pediatric radiologists each rated the likelihood of abuse using explicit criteria and a seven-point scale…
… can affect worker retention Year of Publication 2011 Reviewed By Sydney Duder Citation Lee, J., Forster, M., & … workers: The roles of professional organizational culture and coping strategies. Children and Youth Services Review 33, 102-109. Summary This was a study of the effect … This was a study of the effect of organizational culture on workers’ intentions to remain employed in child welfare, with worker coping strategies included as mediating variables. The sample comprised 234 front-line workers in Family and Children’s Services offices in a state in the southeastern US. The following measures were used: - The Professional Organizational Culture (POC) scale (Ellett…